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Hannah Davies
Place of birth: Glog, Pembrokeshire
Service: Sister
Death: 1918 ?, Glog, Pembrokeshire, Influenza / Ffliw
Notes: Hannah was the sister of two soldiers, William and John, both serving overseas. John, the younger, was killed and is buried in Jerusalem. William survived, but brought home Spanish flu. He survived that too, but Hannah caught it nursing him, and died. Letters from both brothers, in Welsh and English, survive.
Reference: WaW0243

Letter
Letter in English from William to Hannah Davies, written on YMCA paper, on January 21st, 1918.

Letter (reverse)
Reverse of letter in English from William to Hannah Davies, written on YMCA paper, on January 21st, 1918.

Letter
Letter in Welsh from William to Hannah Davies, written on Church Army Recreation Hut paper. Winter 1917-18

Letter (reverse)
Letter in Welsh from William to Hannah Davies, written on Church Army Recreation Hut paper. Winter 1917-18 (reverse)rn
Gertrude Winifred Allan Dyer
Place of birth: Newport
Service: Worker, QMAAC
Death: 1918-01-27, Cause not known
Memorial: Christchurch Cemetery, Newport, Monmouthshire
Notes: aged 38. On her grave it says that the stone was erected by her family and ‘Newport Women’s Liberal Association of which she was the secretary for 18 years’. A plaque has also been placed on her grave by the Commonwealth War Commission. Her name also appears on the WW1 Roll of Honour book kept in Newport Reference Library and the Welsh National Book of Remembrance.
Reference: WaW0103
Clemima Coopey
Service: Munitions Worker, 1916 - 1918
Death: 1918-02-26, Blaenavon Workmans Hospital, Industrial Accident / Damwain Ddiwydiannol
Notes: Clemima Coopey became entangled in the machinery of the motor-house at the Blaenavon.Co.Ltd. She was rushing to catch the 9.30 pm train, and had illegally left her shoes there. Her husband was a soldier fighting in Salonika, and she had three young children.
Reference: WaW0071
Lizzie Dora Stephens
Place of birth: Y Trallwng
Service: Worker, QMAAC
Death: 1918-04-24, Cause not known
Memorial: War memorial, Y Trallwng, Montgomeryshire
Notes: aged 23, buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery
Sources: http://tanyabirnie.blogspot.it/2014/09/worker-m-f-brown.html
Reference: WaW0058
Eva Martha Davies
Place of birth: Llantwit Major ?
Service: Nurse, VAD, Aug / Awst-1914 - 1918
Death: 1918-06-16, Newport, Septic poisoning contracted on duty. Gwenwyno septig a gafwyd tra ar ddyletswydd
Memorial: War memorial, Llantwit Major, Glamorgan
Notes: Worked at Newport Hospital. Eva’s photograph was collected by the Women’s Subcommittee of the Imperial War museum as part of its collection of women who died during the War. Two of Eva’s brothers were killed in France. Daughter of Mary Davies (WaW0172),
Reference: WaW0008

Eva Martha Davies
Eva’s photograph was collected by the Women’s Subcommittee of the Imperial War museum as part of its collection of women who died during the War.
Mary E Smith
Place of birth: Dolgellau
Service: Forewoman, QMAAC
Death: 1918-08-21, Dolgellau, Sickness / Salwch
Memorial: War memorial, Dolgellau, Merionethshire
Notes: aged 42. Buried St Mary's Dolgellau.
Reference: WaW0056
Mary Evans
Place of birth: Meidrim
Service: Nurse, 1916 - 1918
Death: 1918-10-04, Edmonton Military Hospital, Influenza/Y Ffliw
Memorial: War Memorial, Abergwili, Carmarthen
Notes: aged 38, buried Abergwili Churchyard
Sources: http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/carmarthenshire-war-memorials/
Reference: WaW0012
Hilda Jessie Downing
Place of birth: Newtown
Service: Nurse, 1914 - 1918
Death: 1918-10-10, Newtown, Influenza / Y Ffliw
Memorial: War memorial, Newtown, Montgomeryshire
Notes: aged 29. Worked in military hospital Broadstairs, Kent.
Reference: WaW0010
Hannah Owen
Place of birth: Holyhead
Service: Stewardess, c.1905 - 1918
Death: 1918-10-10, RMS Leinster, Drowning / Boddi
Memorial: War memorial; Memorial Hyfrydle Chapel, Holyhead, Anglesey
Notes: aged 36. RMS Leinster was torpedoed in the Irish Sea. HO died together with Louise Parry
Sources: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107830381
Reference: WaW0040
Louisa Parry
Place of birth: Holyhead
Service: Stewardess
Death: 1918-10-10, RMS Leinster, Drowning / Boddi
Memorial: War memorial, Holyhead, Anglesey
Notes: aged 22. RMS Leinster was torpedoed in the Irish Sea. LP died together with Hannah Owen
Sources: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15368549
Reference: WaW0042